According to Roswell Police Spokeswoman Lisa Holland, a fight broke out at the Moon Hookah Bar and Restaurant on Atlanta Street around 4 a.m. Managers at the restaurant kicked the suspect out, following the fight, but police say the suspect stayed in the parking lot.

Officials say the suspect then followed a minivan carrying seven people – including some of the individuals who got into the argument – out onto the street before the minivan and the suspect's car both pulled over say at a parking lot at the intersection of Atlanta Street and King Street in Historic Roswell. When they did, that's when police say the suspect got out of his car and fired at least 15 shots into the van, striking four people.